Show Strike Directed At Selected Companies The policy polley committee c of ot district union No 2 International Union of or Mine l Mill Milland Milland and Smelter Workers W Friday indicated following a two-day two conference that strike action will be taken on or some some- sometime sometime time alter after January 1 1 that it will be bo directed at selected companies rather than the tho entire industry In the area and that companies against which strikes are not contemplated will be so notified says Sundays Sunday's Salt Lake Tribune I An Art announcement from the publicity and Information committee asserted that tho the meeting had been devoted to t setting I up machinery for tor the strike authorized in a r nt vote involving g some I I nonferrous metal miners and andI i I With very few exceptions the tho state state- statement statement I ment meat continued negotiations with in individual In- In Individual companies have havo broken down Tho The union attributes this failure to an anI I 1 I indifference Inc on the part of ot management to concern con rn itself with the needs of ot the j workers by refusing to consider serious serious- seriously IY ly tho the union plan of or equalization of or Utah workers' workers rates of ot pay with those of ot the Coeur dAlene Idaho area I which difference ranges from to per day Much consideration was given by tho I policy committee to the fact that a astrike astrike astrike strike in December would result in tre tre- tre- tre i loss to the tho U. U S. S treasury in id inthe Inthe the form of ot excess profits taxes After Arter the first of the year millions of ot dollars that have gone to the federal treasury during the war years will wUl stay in the pockets of or the operating companies To strike now would be to strike against the government treasury more than against too tiro companies Also serious consideration was given to several companies who have shown a desire desiro to negotiate sincerely and who evidence some concern for the needs of their All possible steps will wIlt be betaken betaken betaken taken to avoid striking their properties while a solution to the problems are being sought Positive action has al already al- al already already ready been taken by the tho policy commit commit- committee tee teo in this connection A list of ot proper- proper properties properties ties tics where no strike action will be taken will be released at an early date These companies will be notified by the proper union authority at once The Tho exact time or extent of ot the strike will not be announced In advance but butas butas butas as soon as a strike obtains at t any pro pro- property property perty the union local involved will en entertain en- en entertain entertain a request from the company to negotiate for tor the necessary maintenance crews to assure protection of or life and property The statement concluded with the assertion that no strikes have been called by locals of ot the district union since the wartime strike no-strike pledge was given and a Charge harge that e he companies have strengthened their financial position peal peal- tion with heavy war profits whereas the worker finds himself himsel making less than thann thana n a living wage and with insufficient savings to replace worn out necessities when they become available Only company specifically mentioned waS warf wa Utah Copper and that was to deny Tumors rumors that a strike has been called there Officials of companies which might bo be affected by the strike reaffirmed through a no spokesman their offer to con con- continue continue continue existing pay rates until the war war- wartime time tune take home pay Is reduced redu d by a reduction in the hour 48 work week and to negotiate new scales at that time under conditions then existing They as asserted as- as asserted asserted that workers in the mining am and smelting Industry are not confronted with a reduction in In weekly pay as is the tho case in many other industries and that the present wartime scale is 15 the highest in the history of ot the industry They pointed out also that mines are still operating under metal prices fixed by the government and upon which the existing pay scales are based I |